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— Guillermo Ruiz Zapatero (@ruiz_zapatero) July 13, 2022
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¿PARA QUÉ SIRVEN LOS HEREJES?
(“Heresy” comes from a Greek word meaning “to choose for oneself.”)
The progress of science — indeed of all positive knowledge — depends on the courage of Thoreau’s “majority of one” in the face of nearly unanimous error. Yet there are many naked emperors parading the streets of learning, and we need a few people who have the Anderson child’s confidence in their own senses and judgment. Statistically speaking, the populace may well be right more often than wrong — but sometimes the Emperor is indeed naked.
Heresy is no guarantee of truth, but let us not forget (as T. H. Huxley said) that every new truth begins as heresy.
GH
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